All looked on track for Hull as they went in to half time leading 10-6 thanks to two tries the first by Richard Horne, converted by Danny Tickle, Tigers replied with a try and conversion by Kirk Dixon however the error strewn half was closed out by a try to Graham Horne which went unconverted.
The second period and Tigers took the lead thanks to Joe Westermans try which was converted, however Hull came almost straight back with another two scores to Graham Horne, both conversions were missed and these would prove costly as Tigers hit back with a score from Ryan McGoldrick which was converted and the score tied. Brent Sherwin sealed the win for the visitors with a drop goal in the final minutes of the game. Giving us the final score of:
Hull FC 18-19 Castleford
Scorers
Hull
Tries: G Horne 3, R Horne Goal: Tickle
Castleford
Tries: Dixon, Westerman, McGoldrick Goals: Dixon 3 Drops: Sherwin
Teams
Hull: Hall, Calderwood, G. Horne, Yeaman, Briscoe, R. Horne, Thorman, Dowes, Houghton, Cusack, Manu, Tickle, Radford. Replacements: Lee, Thackray, Moa, Berrigan.
Castleford: McGoldrick, Owen, Shenton, Evans, Dixon, Chase, Sherwin, Sargent, Hudson, Feather, Ferres, Jones, Faumuina. Replacements: Westerman, Huby, Higgins, Netherton.
Referee: T Alibert (Toulouse).
